Judgment:
CRM No.M-18853 of 2014 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM No.M-18853 of 2014 Date of Decision: - 08.07.2014 Rani Kaur .....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab .....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MEHINDER SINGH SULLAR Present: Mr. K.S. Brar, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. R.P.S. Sidhu, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab for the State. **** MEHINDER SINGH SULLAR , J.(oral) Petitioner-Rani Kaur (wrongly mentioned in charge-sheet as wife of Ajit Singh) actually wife of Paramjit Singh son of Harbans Singh, has preferred the instant petition for the grant of regular bail, in a case registered against her along with her other co-accused, vide FIR No.91 dated 28.06.2012, on accusation of having committed the offences punishable under Sections 3, 5 and 7 of The Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956, by the police of Police Station City Kotkapura, District Faridkot.
2. Notice of the petition was issued to the State.
3. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties, going through the record with their valuable help and after deep consideration Kumar Naresh 2014.07.10 10:05 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document Chandigarh CRM No.M-18853 of 2014 -2- of the entire matter, to my mind, the present petition for regular bail deserves to be accepted in this context.
4. Indisputely, the petitioner was earlier granted the concession of bail. Subsequently, since the petitioner didn't appear on 26.07.2013, so, she was declared proclaimed offender by the trial Court. All the main allegations of running the business of immoral traffic are assigned to main accused Gurdev Kaur (non-petitioner).
5. Moreover, the petitioner was arrested on 10.03.2014. Since then, she is in judicial custody and no useful purpose would be served to further detain her in jail. Since all the offences alleged against the accused are triable by the Court of Magistrate, so, the final conclusion of trial will naturally take a long time.
6. In the light of aforesaid reasons, taking into consideration the totality of facts and circumstances, emanating from the record, as discussed here-in-above and without commenting further anything on merits, lest it may prejudice the case of either side during the course of trial, the instant petition for regular bail is hereby accepted. The petitioner is ordered to be released on bail on her filing a specific affidavit that she will not indulge in such illegal activities in future and on her furnishing adequate bail bonds and surety bonds to the satisfaction of the trial Court. Needless to mention that, nothing observed here-in-above, would reflect, in any manner, on merits of the case during trial, as the same has been so recorded for a limited purpose of deciding the present petition for regular bail only. July 08, 2014 (MEHINDER SINGH SULLAR) naresh.k JUDGE Kumar Naresh 2014.07.10 10:05 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document Chandigarh